CUSTER COUNTY MARKET

Custer County, South Dakota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Custer County? Backyard growers and small farms around Buffalo Gap, Crazy Horse and and Pringle list it here. South Dakota favorites like honey and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Custer County by the Numbers

Custer County has 399 farms on 651,850 acres (about 1,634 acres each). Together they sold $30.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and tart cherries, and local fields produce green beans, cantaloupes, squash and onions. Beekeepers tend about 299 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Custer County already sell straight to the public, about $390,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Custer County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Custer County counts 27,988 head of cattle, 1,184 horses and ponies and 1,026 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 749 people run or help run farms in Custer County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Custer County stands out: it ranks #3 of 42 SD counties for selling food straight to the public and #8 of 53 SD counties for goats.